WHENEVER an air strike targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, Hussein Jaber’s response was always the same. Wearing just a thin flak jacket over his T-shirt and trousers, the 30-year-old rescue worker would jump into the back of a war-battered ambulance…
THE World Bank is set to approve a $2.2 billion loan for Nigeria in 2025, spread across six development projects. According to the Washington-based financial institution, the funding will support key initiatives in education, health, digital infrastructure, and economic resilience.…
SOUTH Africa’s government has unveiled plans to inject $54bn into public infrastructure projects over the next three years. The investment, outlined in documents from the National Treasury, aims to modernise transport, energy, and water infrastructure to stimulate economic growth and…
A NEW pilot project has been launched in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana, to tackle human trafficking through education and community engagement. The initiative, spearheaded by The Hope Education Project (HEP), seeks to raise awareness among young people and parents, equipping them…
PRESIDENT John Dramani Mahama has pledged to fix Ghana’s struggling economy, create jobs, and tackle corruption as he delivered his State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2025 to Parliament on Thursday. Mahama, who assumed office in January following a historic electoral victory,…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE House of Representatives member for Kaga/Magumeri/Gubio Federal Constituency in Borno state, Hon. Usman Zannah yesterday distributed assorted bags of rice, sugar, cartons of spaghetti and other condiments as well as cash donations to 5000 residents…
NIGERIA’S drug enforcement agency is calling for life imprisonment or the death penalty for those involved in the trade of counterfeit medicines and illegal pharmaceutical drugs, as the country undertakes its largest-ever crackdown on fake medications, Reuters reported on Wednesday. According to Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General…
THE attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to activities of some fraudsters who on Thursday, 27 February, 2025, organised a live session on a Tik-Tok platform using the Commission’s logo to generate traffic and defraud…
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has called on Nigerians to refrain from offering any kind of support to suspects and convicts of economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption.…
DESPITE the life-threatening risks, many young Africans, including Ghanaians, continue to embark on perilous journeys across the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea in search of better opportunities in Europe. However, as RFI reports, deported migrants are now speaking out about the…
